for those of you who have Netflix, you might be aware that the latest "hot" series there is about.... chess.
Chess? As in:
....based on a novel (i.e. not a true story) that was a coming of age novel, with the chess part inspired by the life of Bobby Fisher, but interesting nevertheless.
no I don't play chess: It requires you to think about patterns and predict which way to move to be successful...
And in medicine one is doing that all the time (finding a pattern in symptoms to diagnose a disease and then planning treatment that will fit in with the patient's lifestyle).
in other words, chess is not relaxing for me because you have to think...
I prefer playing piano or doing crochet or cooking to relax, because these things allow the subconscious mind to work and think while your body is kept busy.
but I suspect that the film/miniseries will increase an interest in playing the game, which in the long run will be good, since it requires you to actually think logically (something the snowflakes and PC who insist teaching that 2+2=4 is racist will hate).
Chess, of course, is a variation of board games that date back into ancient days and in many societies including India and China.
there is now a meme that Trumpieboy plays 3D chess, ( a game invented in the original Star Trek series) because he plans complicated moves to overcome his opposition...
but as this article points out, he is really playing poker (another Startrek meme)
well, anyway, thanks to the Netflix miniseries, expect an upsurge in kids learning how to play chess, including (maybe) the 3 d version of the game
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